Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-06-25

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He stood on the sidewalk and gazet
al the Roman candles,
I'm have one vet Miss Poly
phemia heard him say; and then hi
hurried off with a determined air.
Miss Polyphemia felt something likC
pity for him, although he was 4 boy,
Something in his frank blue eyes had
seemed to give her an odd sensation
about the heart.
"Pshaw! it isn't as if he had wanted
something 10 eat she said to herself,
angry at her softucSs III he had :
Roman candle he'd only get into mis-
chief-set a house afrc or blow up all
creation. most likely"
Meanwhile the boy who had wanted
the Roman candle hurried along the
main street, his bright, hopeful eyes
and his determined step seeming oddly
out of keeping with his poverty
stricken appearance. If they told the
truth, he meant to get Poverty under
his thumb some day.
lie turned into Shoe Lane a narrow
dingy little alley. and entered A little
house cleaner than lis ncighborS, but
dark and poor. His mother, 4 delicate
woman, sad and worn, was ironing,
ana his little sister was trying 10 set "
table taller than herself
"Bariy' You Il haveto get up before
hVe clock tomorrow morning ana
carry these clothes nome. MIS- SIM
mons Is gong away me must nave
thenl, ana they won De uohe u''''l
midnight Said the mother
IL be up never fear san parry
Ana m gong 10 heIp you IRON, st
Inc things VII! De done long oeio'e
midnight
'barty, want you called a ieeoIe
voice. anu bartY hurried lh'o an inner
ROOM Where on the pea lay worn ""u
wasted little hguFe That was Always
iylhg there through me long weary
days ana weeks ana months .,
us your oaeN aching Jimmy sal0
barty' tehuerly.
les II acheS awiuily "heh You
don come Tor 50 long IWaht you &c
teH ne all ABOUT the MIN l'r inc
fouI'A' Are lhyy gong 10 nave III,
oahu ana inc loon On Inc common
ana Which way Is the PROCESSION -o.A
On bar'y' o You : pose there : an.
way iorme 10 see q DIT 81 the fouFth.
Last year 81" three OF four rocket,
but then the great tannery WASH ouli
between Us mo the common
barty Salu nothing about Inc homai
CdAu4t lH"I Ae A'pt" 20 Stt '"V "u4I
on the fence directly under Jimmy
window II he shouldn be able to &c
It, jimmy would be 50 disappointed
And they were having very hard Worl
to get the nocessarieS OF lie
Barty was sixteen but he was SINAI
Tor his age ana every BODY IN FIumley
vile who Wantes to hire a boy Wanlel
a BIG one Barty had tried ana trel
in VAIN 10 get a SITUATION lie was al
ways on the watch Tor "a JOB ii
felt himself to be the mar OF the fami
ly, and he wanted to take care OF then
all, to keep his mother from working :
hard and to get a sklllful doctor t
cure the spinal disease from who.
Jimmy had suffered Tor years And Il
spite OF the dlscouraglng fact mat II
had not seemed to grow an inch IN tn
last year-he Kept his measure ON tn
woodshed door, and tired 1t every wee
barty meant 10 do II.
H.
Barty was up before i've IN tn
morning and OIL with a great buhdl
OF clothes to MIS- Simmons lie ia
as fast rs he could 90, and after heha
delivered MS bundle ne started 10
nome on the run, because he wanted
get MS breakfast eaten as soon as POI
slble' and 90 IN search OF n Job to ear
money TO BUY jimmy Roman candle
As he turned into the man street b
saw a crowd IN front OF Miss FOL,
phemia shop, he ran across the stree
{ to see what was the matter. The lara
pane of glass in the Fourth-of-JuI
: window was broken. Miss P~olyphem
l stood on the steps in a state of gre;
excitement, her false front on awry, HI
l s%pectacles on the top of her head, al
the largest American flag from h
window wrapped around her as
shawl, her toilet evidently having bee
a hasty one.
As soon as she caught sight of Bar
c she cried: There he is! That's Il
= boy who did it, Don't let him q
away. | heard the crash, and when
d looked out of the window | saw hi
c running down Alderscy street as ia
as he could 90. And he's the very b
# who said he would hare one of the
= Roman candles, though he hadn't
c money to pay for it. The hole in
glass is lust where the Roman candl
g are. He could put his hand into
r box"
n. ~. " " II